Muslim conglomerate Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISB) owns bakeries, minimarts and other businesses in Malaysia and elsewhere, with assets totalling around RM325 million (US$75.6 million) globally.
Muslim conglomerate Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings owns bakeries, minimarts and other businesses in Malaysia and elsewhere, with assets totalling around RM325 million globally.
Those arrested included 31 members of Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings . Seventeen of them are key figures of the organisation, Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain said on Saturday .Of the 200 arrested, 23 have been released on bail for various reasons, Malaysian media reported. "They were punished using heated metal objects when the victims commit mistakes and the suspects touched the victim's body parts by claiming it was part of the religious medical treatment."
Police have said GISB is linked to a banned religious sect. Established in 2010, the conglomerate owns bakeries, minimarts and other businesses in Malaysia and elsewhere, with assets totalling around RM325 million globally.The Sultan of Selangor on Saturday expressed disappointment over the lack of effective action taken against GISB.
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